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Basilisk, 1822
Type: Cutter ; Armament 10
Launched : 1822 ; Disposal date or year : 1846
Disposal Details : Condemned at the Navigators and sold
Notes:

Harwich 10 Nov 1825 Arrived after encountering successive heavy gales of wind is the North Sea, without being able to run for any port for shelter ; one man drowned.

1830 The Nore

6 Jul 1835 is reported to have sailed from Rio de Janeiro for the Pacific.

Valparaiso 30 Oct 1835 reported to be off the coast between Callao and Mexico.

17 Apr 1836 is reported to be in the Pacific.

Circa Jan 1839 at the Falkland islands.

7 Aug 1840, arrived Valparaiso from Cobigs.

4 Nov, 1840 at Valparaiso.

1 Mar 1841, left Valparaiso for Copiapo.

30 Jul 1841, arrived at Valparaiso from San Antonio, and sailed again for Cobija the 25th of August

15 Mar 1845 The schooner Will Watch, Captain Forbes, was to leave Honolulu for Sydney via Tahiti, on the 26th January. H. M. Ketch Basilisk was at Honolulu.

30 August 1845 The only vessels at Honolulu were HMS Talbot, 28, HMS Basilisk, and an American store-ship.

14 March 1846 The only vessel spoken by the Mary White was the Parramatta, from Valparaiso to Liverpool, having onboard the officers and crew of HM Ketch Basilisk, lately condemned at the Navigators.

18 Apr 1846 Lieutenant Hunt, and the crew of the late Basilisk, were expected at Valparaiso in the Talbot, on their way to England.